Ink-pad holder.



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` V CORNELIUS AivIBnUsTER, or PHILADELPHIA, rENNsYLvAIIIA-- f- ,vkINK-PAD frolIijijiin.r

To all wwm t may concern: 1

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS AMBRUS- Tren, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and -State of Pennsylvania,

n have invented a certain new and useful Ink- Pad Holder, of which the.following is a Y specication.

Y ink pad 2.y This boX and its pad are eX-' tremely light and arefvtherefore easily slipped or moved about. vThe lid of thebox pressure sothat the lid can be satisfactorily opened Vwith one hand and withoutmoving or disarranging the holder which is of course comparativelylight, and this because downward pressure or a force applied downwardlydoes not tend to move the holder and is taken up by the table, desk orsupport upon which the holder is placed.

The invention vwill be claimed at the end hereof but will be firstdescribed in connec-A tion with the accompanying drawings forming parthereof and in which- Figure 1, is a perspective view illustrating oneembodiment of the invention, and

Fig. 2, is a similar view showing the parts in open position. y

In the drawings 1is a box containing the is opened by downward pressureand pressure applied in this way does not tend to move, shift ordisarrange the boX` on its support and this pressure can be readilyexertedV by the hand o the operator which also holds the stamp. Oneembodiment of mechanism for this purpose chosen from ,other embodimentscomprises a finger pieceV 3, which when pushed downward, releases theautomatic or self-engaging catch Ll, and frees the hinged lid 5, whichopens by the action of a spring- 6. The lid of course may be readilyclosed by the finger and will remain closed by the action of theself-engaging catch 4. Thus the lid maybe opened and closed with onehand and furthermore it is opened by a Y VSpecication of Letters Patent.

i Application'fliednprnagiels. 'seriainarsaa downward pressure. yBy onemotion of the arm and hand holding the stamp, the lid can beV opened(without f disturbing the holder and by a downward movement of onelinger, if desired,) the/stamp inked, andthe lid closed; thelatchholding it closed so that the necessary movements are reduced to aminimum. As shown in Fig. 2, the lid 5,.is arranged when in openposition to stand substantially at right-angles to the plane of the boX,or more accurately as there shown, at slightly less than a right-angle.w This contributes to the described Inode of operation of thecombination by which the lid can be opened and closed with one hand,even that holding the stamp, without shifting the inkpad holder as awhole. Since the lid in open position is arranged substantially atrightangles with the box, it can beclosed by va downward pressure of thehand without shifting the holder because if the angle were greater thana right-angle they lid Would at Erst have to be lifted up to swing itthrough the verticaland this lifting up motion acting through the spring6, would evidentlyresult in shifting the holder bodily, which shiftingwould have to be opposed by the other hand so defeating the object ofthe combination. The fact that the catch is released by down-k y wardpressure on the part 3, and the fact that the lidwhen in open-positionis varranged to be rclosed by downward pressure sra-.rss rarest @FNSEAratentdoet. so, 1917. i

make the holder capable of operation withv f oneA hand because there isno tendency to shift'the holder bodilyy resulting from the operation ofthe catch orpthe closing of the lid. s

by Letters Patent is:

- 1. An ink pad Yholdercapable of 'opera-1 What I claim as new .anddesire to secure open at substantially, right angles with the Y box andclosable by downward pressure, and

whereby operatingy without tending to rshift .the holder, 'subfstantially as described.

2. An ink ad holder capable of operation by one hand to expose and coverits y ink pad and comprising in combination a box,

an ink pad in the box, a spring-pressed lid In testimony whereof-I havebereunto sgnedmyname.

CORNELIUS AMBRUSTER.

arra'ngedto stand when open at substantially right angles with the boX'and'4 elosable by downward pressure, and a self-engaging lid` catchoperai-,able by downward pressure whereby operating movements of thecatch Witnesses: and lid are efected Without tending toshft `T.` L.HAMMERSLEY, the holder7 substantially as described. A J yW. AOHARD.

Gopies of this ptent may be obtained for ve cents eaehoy` addressing theCommissioner of atezats,

` Washington, D'. C.

